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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 270, 2 October 1879, Page 2

The Masterton Volunteers parade tomorrow evening, Ten shearers aro wanted at lea Station, Whareaina. Price, 17s 6d per 100. The next sitting of the R.M. Court at Masterton will be on the 9tli instant. The funeral of the late W. Booth, sen., takes place at Carterton at two o'clock today. We publish to-day, as a supplement, the catalogue for the Spring Show of the Masterton Horticultural Society.

Messrs F. H. Wood & Co. announce a sale at their rooms, Greytown, on Saturday next, when they will offer the plant, etc., of a bakery business, also furniture, Ac. We direct attention to Mr J. C. B. Golder's advertisement in another column of his new work entitled " The Book of Remembrance/' copies' of which will be ready in a few days. Tenders close to morrow for the erection of a 40ft span bridge over the Pahautaiiui Creek, at Uriti; also for 22 chains of road, two culverts, and platform bridge at Uriti. . *

We believe the committee of the Working Men's Club, Greytown, have decided not to hold the dinner previously decided to be given. A Melbourne telegram states that it is probable that Lawrence, the murderer of Finlayson, will be reprieved on the ground of insanity. The rate for sheep-shearing in Otago has been fixed at 15s per 100 by the squatters. Dullness and heavy taxation are the reasons given for the reduction.

It is said that the reason the Prince of Wales supported the Deceased Wife's Sister'sßill was because a marriage is contemplated between the Princess Beatrice and the widower of the late Princess Alice. llie Bank of England was 185 years old on the 2?th of July, The charter granted at first for eleven years lias been renewed from that time. In the large building in Threadntedle-street, eight hundred persons aro now employed.

_ A reduction of 10 per cent "on the salaries of officers, and 7 per cent, on the wages of employees, has been resolved on by the North British Railway Company, in consequence of the prevailing depression of trade. The reductions will affect 12,000 persons, and will make a yearly saving of £50,000,

_ Mrs Christensou, of Kuvipuni, advertises that she is willing to undertake " washing." We happen to know (what don twc know!) that Mrs Chvistensen is A 1 at the washing-tub, and we venture to predict that how she has adopted the most sensible plan of making herself known to the public her hands will henceforth be full of work. Our lady readers, too, will thank us for the recommendation, The Premier, Sir George Grey, arrived from Christchurch (says the Post) by the Rotorua. He came ashore unattended, and it is a noteworthy fact that the public, of whom there was a large number present, did not give him a single cheer. 11l fact he was allowed to walk down the wharf as if lie had been nothing more than one of the 65,000 serfs he had so frequently referred to, The following items are from the Wellington correspondent of the Wanganui Chronicle The Hiuemoa's working expenses exceed by £4,000, the sum voted by Parliament for Eh„t purpose, and the Government are trying to distribute this excess in various sums under the elastic heading of contingencies.—One of the Maori members is likely to be unseated, lie having been, as alleged, in the pay of the Government until the time of his election.

The Auckland Star's London correspondent sends particulars of an interview with i-iir Julius Yogel, who stated 'tlmt there lub never been a greater rush to i\ew Zealand than at the present time, Agricultural laborers in particular are lampant to get there. It is as much as the department can do to find room for them in the ships chartered. If only the Colonial Government would give the necessary instructions, any number of really valuable emigrants might be sent, _ We understand that the Hon. J. Martin has decided upon bringing into the market his splendid Wuirarapa property, the Huangarua and Otnraia estates, comprising upwards of 40,000 acres, which lias been surveyed into suitable small farms, and which, we are informed, will be sold upon deferred payments, thus supplying a demand that is daily increasing for land for immediate and profitable settlement,

The value of the koromiko shrub as a medicine hi cases of diarrhoea or dysentry is beginning to attract attention in England. Considerable quantities of the leaves are now being shipped home. • The tutu, which is well known for its injurious effect when eaten by cattle, is also being collected for the same purpose, though in smaller quantities at present, as it is probably only used in experiments in order that its value may be ascertained.

. The Secretary of the Loyal Masterton Lodge, M.IJ,, 1.0.0. F., has received in- ' formation that the Provincial Grand Master of the Wellington District, Mr 0. W, Brown, -till pay an official visit to the Lodge on Monday Gtli October.

Among the list of new insolvents are John William MeDuff and Samuel Kibblewhite, coachbuilders, Masterton. First meeting creditors, October 9.

Mr J. E. I. Boys, of Greytown, writing to the New Zealandor respecting the Wairarapa Reef, says:-In your issue of the 24th September, in speaking. about the Wairarapa Reef, your informant has made a slight, mistake. The reef now in charge of Messrs Brandon & 00. was never in the hands of the Pioneer Company; the work was put in by Mr Burling and party about eight years ago, and I think no stone was ever sent to be crushed. The Pioneer put a shaft about 25 ft deep down on the bank of a creek, about a mile from the sea, Half a ton of stone was sent to Victoria; the result, about 4 (Iffts some grains, and a little silver. Many of the members of the company were disgusted with the return—expecting pounds instead of pennyweights—so the affair lapsed, I h .ve forgotten to say that I had charge of the Pioneer workmen, Sl , I |j„ ow am saying is correct. For some years I have had this opinion, that as far as reefs go, there is a bright future for the Wairatapa, as for this, that, and the other person putting in for rewards, it is all moonshine. Messrs Brandon and Op. are the men, for they have done more than raise the color.

Mr Jamea Gordon Bennett's steamer, the Jeannette, carrying the New York Herald exploring expedition to the Arctic Sea via Behring's Strait, lias just Bailed from San Francisco. The Jeannette, which is very strongly built, has been recently strengthened by heavy transverse beams to resist ice " jams." Lieutenant Belong, of the United States Navy, commands. All the other officers have also been selected from the navy. The crew of eighteen men have been carefully chosen out of 1300 applicants, The expedition attracts much attention throughout the country. It will endeavour to reach the North Pole, Lieut. Deloug believing that the ice current setting'in northward through Behring's Strait will aid him.